uncle z
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The OP may be just realizing this but I'm not. If you look at the ending last year with Cadets and the ending the Cadets ended up with this year and many others, the meatiest part of their horn book is played while on the FLY and I do MEAN FLY. Watch the tubular website's video Cadets 2008 finals and the music being played during that INSANE drill is also INSANE. What people are asking is if it can be done and the Cavies are so talented why can't they do it? A very very legit question IMO.
Lemme see, one approach garnered third place and the other approach garnered fifth place. So, I'm gonna go ahead and say competitive advantage.
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So how come everytime I see a pic of Sam Geati playing Sing Sing Sing I think "What a Pimp!"? (Thanks, Uncle Z)
Search "The Site That Shall Not Be Named" for Cavaliers Alumni old school cadence 2008 and check out Uncle Sam pimping HIMSELF!!!!!!
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Get his shorts.
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I hate to bring this up, since I feel that we've already come to the "beating the dead horse" aspect of this issue, but there are a few posts that I would like to address:
I came up the ranks with some values that I believe should be universal: Don't disrespect your corps, your uniform, or yourself, and don't suffer anyone else do so. When you are in uniform you are responsible for upholding the honor and dignity of your corps, including all of those who came before you and will come after you. It should be an awesome responsibility, not taken lightly, but at the same time, so easy to carry with a bit of self-control.Now that's a great thought........except for the fact that it's coming from a member of '77 Bridgemen.
And guess what, I'm not even referring to the DQ for the overage member. I'm referring to the fact that I was a member of a '77 corps who was asked to leave a school in North Platte, Nebraska due to the fact that some Bridgemen members were helping themselves to the local HS football team's practice jerseys while both our corps were sharing the same facilities. I don't think it's entirely unknown to the drum corps public that some members of your corps were a little "rough around the edges."When I marched Blue Stars, just to use my years as an example, the leaders of the corps, both titled and untitled, passed the traditions of the corps and the behavior expected of a Blue Star down through word and deed. If you don't have that, it doesn't matter what comes down from on high; "true discipline comes from within," in this case, within the member body.You're referring to the same Blue Stars, whose members in 1981, after missing finals for the second year in a row, went on a drunken binge and spent several hours re-arranging the lines on our practice field, so that we had to spend another hour re-lining the field? I'm sure that kind of behavior is not outlined in the "Philosophy" section of the Blue Stars' History. I don't think it's entirely unknown to the drum corps public that some members of your corps were known to drink to excess.
The point here is that if you are a former corps member, the likelihood that your corps at some point in their history has engaged in some questionable behavior is pretty high. I don't think that there are too many instances of a single corps conducting themselves with exemplary behavior throughout their history. Troopers or SCV perhaps. That leaves a LOT of other corps with skeletons in their own closet. That fact that there are former members of corps who are willing to denigrate another corps for their behavior, when their own Alma mater has a history of poor judgement on occasion is laughable to me.
I don't mind the former Bluecoats calling out their own corps........as I'm certainly not happy with the actions of corps that I was a member of. I'm of the opinion that these problems should be handled "in house," however.
I think Jesus said it best with his "he without sin may cast the first stone." I for one certainly did my share of stupid things in my early 20s....both in and out of uniform.
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So, basically--any finals below the Mason-Dixon line = t3h suck.
DCI, are you reading this????
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As an old-school bass drummer, the 18" bass drum to me looks totally gh3y.
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I was just trying to share some positives, even if for the members' sake. I know that seeing your corps criticized so blatantly, and sometimes torn down so hatefully can be really, really disheartening, especially after having arrived home no earlier than 3 days ago from busting your butt for an entire summer.
Unless I totally missed something, there's no draft for drum corps members--they are there voluntarily. So their decision to march with a drum corps that is obviously a lightning rod for criticism and hate is THEIR CHOICE.
It would, obviously, also be THEIR CHOICE to not read threads that will typically be critical of the show that they performed.
It's only drum corps, after all--you know, marching band on steroids.
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Hulka and Ted
*Penny Photo*
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Sam Geati's a pimp, and there's no denying it:
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Here's my list of "trite drill formations in 2008."
--"The Kite"--diamond shape with curved tail on one end
--"Variations on a French Curve"
--gating 4 horn players into a straight line
--the rotating box
--the rotating "box within a box"
........feel free to add your own.
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Did anyone else notice Cadets' circle with two straight lines below.......or, as I like to call it, the "giant microphone?"
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Loved the numeral 3s Santa Clara did.
Those were "Z"s........I swear!!!!!!
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BTW, that WAS the last year Blue Stars made DCI finals!
Fixed.
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They started that in 1975 - I always loved it. We (Wausau Story) started doing our version of that in 1976 - basically a sustained roll with accents for 12 bars then play a 4 bar ride pattern. I have to tell you, when you march a two mile parade playing that, it really builds the chops! And. when you march two parades almost every weekend...... Ah, the old days!
jim
This?
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I'd like to find a good picture of that. Anyone have one?
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Anybody know what the Japanese characters formed in the Cavies drill translates to? We had a fun time coming up with possibilites.
Sprooie!!!!
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I loved the college town used record stores , I found 2 of them and walked out with stacks including one CD that I had looked for for years – they wanted $40 on Amazon, I paid $8.
Oh, Christ--guess what I missed out on a year ago for $8 in Oak Park, thinking I'd be back in a month or so???
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Does anyone know the name of their ballad?
La Vie en Rose
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Yet another Sycophan deeply in need of medication. No need to attack the work of another corps with angry vitriol because the stars aren't aligning for you at the moment. Just breath deep and think about adding yet another killing to the show, I think they haven't killed the guy that drives the gator yet! By the way, PR has a extraordinary show and doesn't need your help!
Yep.....there's still time to add in the leg wedge!!!!
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All I remember from Montreal '81 is that Arc-en-Ciel came to watch us practice every day.
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Thank-you Blue Stars, Madison, Pioneer and Racine Scouts for keeping drum corps alive in Wisconsin.
Do you remember the Stevens Point Centralaires???
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RLR LRL RLR LRL RLR LRL RLR LRL RLR LRL...ad infinitum
(on ct 2 )RLR LRL RLR LRL RLR LRL RLR LRL RLR LRL...ad infinitum
Sounds just like sneakers in the dryer.
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I borrowed the title of their 91 show
"Cavalier Anthems" for the title of the painting.
There are several references to their history and traditions throughout the
painting. See if you can spot them....
"Cavalier Anthems" 2008 - Acrylic on Canvas 24 X 36
I notice there's no picture of ME in there.....
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He's right! Give me a break, hahaha.
You'll need another break to adjust the gender.
Favorite drum corps "character"
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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Bob Cheeseman in the Superman costume.